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Portrait of Empress Catherine II
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Portrait of Empress Catherine II
In this dramatic full-length portrait, Catherine II is depicted in
the so-called Slavic dress. Her right hand gestures toward a granite
bust of Peter I behind her, which represents both the political
direction of Catherine's reign and the continuation of Peter I's
ideas.
"Czars: 400 ...
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BOSTON KNEW FERRUCCIO BUSONI WELL
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe
; ...orchestra, he played concertos by Beethoven, Liszt, Weber, Saint-Saens and Henselt. That would be Adolf von Henselt, a German composer who died in 1889. Henselt was also a piano virtuoso. Grove's Dictionary describes his way at the keyboard...
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 "The Mail on Sunday (London, England)")
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The return of two old masters; REVIEW.
Newspaper article from: The Mail on Sunday (London, England)
; ...flat, D960 Leif Ove Andsnes EMI ***** Henselt Etudes Piers Lane Hyperion **** We are...the 19th Century German pianistcomposer Adolf von Henselt, brilliantly played by Piers Lane. Henselt spent much of his career in Russia but was...
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Anyone listening?
Magazine article from: Musical Times
; ...the noted pianist and composer Adolf von Henselt, with the unveiling of a memorial...and the English cataloguer of Henselt's work, Richard Beattie Davis...address. A CD of chamber music by Henselt has just been issued by Dabringhaus...
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Pot-pourri
Magazine article from: Musical Times
; ...the noted pianist and composer Adolf von Henselt, with the unveiling of a memorial...and the English cataloguer of Henselt's work, Richard Beattie Davis...address. A CD of chamber music by Henselt has just been issued by Dabringhaus...
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The autograph manuscript of Franz Liszt's 'Ab Irato.'
Magazine article from: Notes
; ...by Julius Benedict, Fryderyk Chopin, Theodor von Dohler, Stephen Heller, Adolf von Henselt, Liszt, Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Jean...was issued in 1841 under the main imprint of Adolf Martin Schlesinger in Berlin, with Maurice Schlesinger...
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Winners of Grammy Awards for classical music.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
; ...pianist has recorded more than 20 albums of music from far outside the standard repertoire, by Alkan, Medtner, Adolf von Henselt, Nikolai Roslavets and others. Other musicians who have taught or trained here and were nominated for Grammy...
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